More Poppage: December $5 Special

grote15

Went to the post office this morning to pick up my package from PSA. I shipped these cards out on 12/31, the last day of the holiday special. Overall, I'm very pleased with the grades, especially the 1978 PSA 10 Rose. All of these cards were pulled by me from wax and rack packs.

LINE # CERT # CARD CARD CO. CARD # CARD NAME VARIETY GRADE
1 04699585 1978 TOPPS 249 DAVE GOLTZ N/A 9
2 04699586 1978 TOPPS 122 DENNIS ECKERSLEY N/A 9
3 04699587 1978 TOPPS 74 CHECKLIST 1-121 N/A 9
4 04699588 1978 TOPPS 20 PETE ROSE N/A 10
5 04699589 1978 TOPPS 86 DAVE TOMLIN N/A 10
6 04699590 1978 TOPPS 114 PAUL BLAIR N/A 9
7 04699591 1978 TOPPS 310 DON SUTTON N/A 9
8 04699592 1978 TOPPS 602 ERIC SODERHOLM N/A 8
9 04699593 1978 TOPPS 600 FRANK TANANA N/A Not Holdered, Did not meet Minimum Size Requirements
10 04699594 1978 TOPPS 252 STEVE SWISHER N/A 9
11 04699595 1978 TOPPS 506 RON BLOMBERG N/A 10
12 04699596 1978 TOPPS 425 STEVE ROGERS N/A 10
13 04699597 1980 TOPPS 515 MIKE CALDWELL N/A 10
14 04699598 1980 TOPPS 336 GEORGE MEDICH N/A 9
15 04699599 1972 TOPPS 28 TWINS ROOKIES B.GEBHARD/S.BRYE/H.HAYDEL 5
16 04699600 1972 TOPPS 229 WORLD SERIES GAME 7 N/A 9OC
17 04699601 1972 TOPPS 63 DUKE SIMS N/A 9OC
18 04699602 1972 TOPPS 167 DERON JOHNSON N/A 8
19 04699603 1973 O-PEE-CHEE 361 FRAN HEALY N/A 8
20 04699604 1973 TOPPS 252 COACHES/GIANTS MGR. ORANGE BACKGROUND 8
21 04699605 1973 O-PEE-CHEE 393 JOSE CARDENAL N/A 8
22 04699606 1973 O-PEE-CHEE 616 ROOKIE PITCHERS ANGELINI/BLATERIC/GARMAN 8
23 04699607 1975 TOPPS 407 HERB WASHINGTON N/A 9
24 04699608 1977 TOPPS 503 BILL LEE N/A 8
25 04699609 1977 TOPPS 2 HOMERUN LEADERS G.NETTLES/M.SCHMIDT 9
26 04699610 1979 TOPPS 168 DAVE FREISLEBEN N/A 9
27 04699611 1979 TOPPS 321 GAYLORD PERRY N/A 8
28 04699612 1979 TOPPS 9 DAVE CAMPBELL N/A 10
29 04699613 1979 TOPPS 700 REGGIE JACKSON N/A 8
30 04699614 1979 TOPPS 62 RANDY MOFFITT N/A 9
31 04699615 1979 TOPPS 450 DAVE CONCEPCION N/A 9OC
32 04699616 1979 TOPPS 655 JERRY KOOSMAN N/A 9OC
33 04699617 1979 TOPPS 233 PAUL MITCHELL N/A 8
34 04699618 1979 TOPPS 60 MICKEY RIVERS N/A 9OC
35 04699619 1979 TOPPS 484 RICK WAITS N/A 9
36 04699620 1979 TOPPS 140 DON GULLETT N/A 9
37 04699621 1979 TOPPS 252 BOB STINSON N/A 8
38 04699622 1973 O-PEE-CHEE 100 HANK AARON N/A 9OC
39 04699623 1973 O-PEE-CHEE 352 DON STANHOUSE N/A 7
40 04699624 1973 O-PEE-CHEE 636 RICK CLARK N/A 8
41 04699625 1973 O-PEE-CHEE 29 TONY TAYLOR N/A 9OC
42 04699626 1973 O-PEE-CHEE 57 DERREL THOMAS N/A 8

Date Received: 01/14/2008
Date of Grades Posted: 01/16/2008
Date Shipped: 01/16/2008

WinPitcher

Great job Grote.

Decent turn around time too.

Steve

mealeworm

Date Received: 01/14/2008
Date of Grades Posted: 01/16/2008
Date Shipped: 01/16/2008

Did you use $20 bills as packing peanuts. Great grades and times!!!

Dave

ArnyVee

How did you get those back so quickly? Sheesh. I've got stuff sitting there since mid-December and nothing yet.

Congrats on a few nice grades, by the way!

RonBurgundy

Nice!




Ron

grote15

Thanks, guys! For some reason, it seems that turnaround is faster when all the cards are from the same era, ar least in my experience. My sub did take 10 days after it arrived to be logged in (package was dlvd. 1/4, logged in 1/14), but once it was logged in they made quick work of it. My last few subs have all been very quickly graded, so I'm very thankful for that!

jradke4

then why do my subs with only favre cards take so long. they are all from the same era?? none of the speculations make any sense that are discussed here other than player specific orders take longer due to odd ball issues. however i dont know why that should be. most will say that its is the research that takes awhile. if so, then why over 10% of my player cards come back mislabled??

perkdog

Nice job!

grote15

It's certainly not a scientific process, but I have found, and have heard from others, too, that cards that are all from a certain issue (say 70s Topps, for example) seem to grade a bit faster than subs with cards from various eras and issues, as PSA has different graders for different eras and issues, it's my understanding. Personally, I'm content to wait as long as it takes as long as the cards are accurately graded, which, by and large, has been the case, in my experiences, at least.

joemaggio

That's a great turnaround time. I sent 50 1972 OPC's on 12/18 (logged on 12/28), but PSA will insist that they grade them in the order they're received.

jamesgotpoorman

Any for SALE?

1980's interested in

HECK55

Just curious but on the cards that graded 9OC - could they have graded 8 with no qualifier or were they too far OC for 8's? I sent in some cards a while back and requested no qualifers but still got a 9OC in the lot. Thanks - - - Rick
Also - my Dec submission shows to have been recieved 01/14 (I mailed it 01/03 with their verbal consent) - nothing posted yet though I did not expect anything this soon either.

grote15

Just curious but on the cards that graded 9OC - could they have graded 8 with no qualifier or were they too far OC for 8's? I sent in some cards a while back and requested no qualifers but still got a 9OC in the lot. Thanks - - - Rick

I'd say they were within the guidelines for straight 8s (I've certainly seen straight 8s with worse centering than the ones I submitted), but I've noticed that PSA will assign the 9OC on an otherwise mint to gem mint card, as the centering requirements are tougher for the Mint 9 or Gem Mint 10 grade. For whatever reasonb, I have a tough time with the 79s, though the Gem Mint 10 eased my disappointment over the 9OCs, LOL. I should stick to sending in 78s, but the 79 set is also one of my favorites, even though it is not very popular.

Griffins

I thought that PSA would automatically drop the grade 1 grade if they could get rid of the qualifier, but that qualifiers were used when the criteria called for a 2 or more grade drop?
I've requested no qualifiers before as well, and the request was ignored. Might help to put a sticker on the cardsaver instead of just writing the instructions on the invoice.